Trash

On a balmy spring day in the middle of May, a group of students gathered excitedly on the lawn at Milton High School. Though they were standing just a stone’s throw away from Duke’s Creemees, no one made a move for the Moose Tracks. Instead, they donned rubber gloves…and promptly dumped an entire day’s worth of their own waste onto the lawn. No, this wasn’t a case of disgruntled student…

To: Sarah Reeves, CSWD General Manager From: Jeffrey J. Subject: Dogs……and their poop. I have a dog, and he poops. A lot. I always bag it up and toss it. But I wonder about the balance between keeping dog poop out of the rain runoff, and adding thousands of little plastic bags of a biodegradable substance. Is it all that clear that bagging the poop is that much better? To:…

The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) is a municipality created by the State of Vermont to manage the solid waste generated within Chittenden County. CSWD's mission is to reduce and manage the solid waste generated within Chittenden County in an environmentally sound, efficient, effective and economical manner. Our vision is for our community to fully participate in minimizing disposal and maximizing reuse and recycling.